PART ONE. Test your Claremont history knowledge quiz: by John Neiuber | Claremont COURIER
1. What is the name of the first Anglo settler in Claremont?
a. Henry Palmer
b. Cyrus Mills
c. William “Tooch” Martin
2. To what office was the above person elected from 1887 to 1889?
a. Town Council President
b. Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
c. Town Marshall
3. What is known as “The Spinal Cord of Claremont?”
a. Indian Hill Boulevard
b. College Avenue
c. Dartmouth Avenue
4. What architect, who is known for the Los Angeles Civic Center, also designed the Village Theatre?
a. Robert Hall Orr
b. Myron Hunt
c. Sumner Spaulding
5. At which restaurant in the Village can you dine in the courtyard of or inside of one of Claremont’s remaining bungalow courts?
a. Walter’s Restaurant
b. Press Restaurant
c. Uno Tre Otto
6. Which neighborhood’s name is translated as “Window to the sky?”
a. Via Zurita
b. Claraboya
c. Arbol Verde
7. What does Harvey Mudd College and the Claremont School of Theology have in common with Rockefeller Center and Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.?
a. Designed by architect Edward Durrell Stone
b. Designed by architect A. Quincy Jones
c. Designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright
8. What is the name of the local realtor who was instrumental in securing state funding for the construction of Foothill Boulevard from Pasadena to Claremont and into San Bernardino County?
a. Frank Wheeler
b. Paul Wheeler
c. Paul Steffen
9. What is the name of the Milford Zorne’s mural in the Claremont Post Office?
a. Windows on an Old Adobe
b. San Gabriel Valley Life
c. Pomona Valley Life
10. The classic American Foursquare located on College Avenue, and home of the Pomona College President, is the oldest presidential residence still in use at any college or university in California.
a. True
b. False
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